Louisiana Boring Logs & Geotechnical Data
1,831 public boring logs in Louisiana; 1,617 with digitized SPT, soil or CPT data; 214 scanned log PDFs. Sources include DIGGS sample files, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Texas DOT (TxDOT), plus public reports found by web crawl. Free to search on the map, download or query by API.
Where the data comes from
- Public reports collected by web crawl1,550
- DIGGS sample files262
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)14
- Texas DOT (TxDOT)5
Web-crawled reports in Louisiana were published on, among others: lacoast.gov, dce.louisiana.gov, biotech.law.lsu.edu, denr.louisiana.gov, dotd.la.gov, wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov.
Counties with the most boring logs
| County | Boring logs | |
|---|---|---|
| East Baton Rouge | 289 | view on map |
| Plaquemines | 225 | view on map |
| Calcasieu | 177 | view on map |
| Caddo | 169 | view on map |
| Orleans | 164 | view on map |
| St. Bernard | 78 | view on map |
| Rapides | 59 | view on map |
| Iberville | 57 | view on map |
| Ascension | 57 | view on map |
| Iberia | 53 | view on map |
| St. Tammany | 52 | view on map |
| Terrebonne | 50 | view on map |
What's in a boring log from Louisiana
The 1,617 digitized borings carry the data engineers actually use: SPT blow counts (N-values) by depth, soil and rock descriptions, groundwater observations and, where the source ran cone penetration tests, CPT tip resistance and sleeve friction. A further 214 logs are scanned PDF reports — the original agency drawings — which you can open and download from the map. Holes are typically about 30 ft (9 m) deep; one in twenty goes past 130 ft (40 m). Not sure what a boring log looks like? See annotated example boring logs.
How to get this data
- Map — pan to a site, click a boring, and view the log, the original PDF, or an ML soil-profile prediction. No account needed.
- Downloads — every boring exports as PDF, DIGGS XML or AGS4; draw a polygon on the map for a multi-boring export or a site report.
- API — query borings by coordinates or bounding box, pull SPT/CPT/lab records, and generate site reports programmatically.
- Contribute — have Louisiana boring logs that are not here yet? We take PDFs, DIGGS, AGS and spreadsheets.
This data was collected from public agencies and is republished as-is. It is a planning tool, not a substitute for a site investigation; see the terms and disclaimer. Counts refreshed 2 November 2026.
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